Survival signature for reliability evaluation of a multi-state system with multi-state components

Survival signature technology has recently attracted increasing attention for its merits on quantifying reliability of systems with multiple types components. In order to implement evaluation multi-state system (MSS), computing methods survival are studied analysis several different in this paper. For an MSS consisting components, can be developed based the state definition system. binary-state is generalization a real life engineering subsystems, method also been derived subsystems and mapping subsystems’ states system's states. This enables consecutive application new substantial realistic MSS, no theoretical limit size systems. Examples illustrate applicability approach reliability.